Lufthansa AG Jan. Passengers Up 10.1% - Quick Facts

2/9/2018 7:23 AM ET

Lufthansa AG (DLAKF,DLAKY) reported that, in January 2018, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 8.7 million passengers, an increase of 10.1% compared to a year ago. The available seat kilometers were up 8% over the previous year. Sales increased by 7.4%. The seat load factor decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 75.6%.

For the month of January, cargo capacity increased 7.7% year-on-year, while cargo sales were up 9.3% in revenue tonne-kilometer terms. The Cargo load factor rose 0.9 percentage points in the month.

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